The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels... Now

: Chinua Achebe ( Things Fall Apart ), Mulk Raj Anand, and V.S. Naipaul. Comparison with the Famous "Top 100"

It is easy to confuse this "200" list with the Modern Library’s original 100 Best Novels list, which has two versions of its own: The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels...

: Editors Callil and Tóibín explicitly chose to ignore the line between "popular" and "literary" fiction. Their goal was to showcase that the modern novel was as vibrant as ever. : Chinua Achebe ( Things Fall Apart ), Mulk Raj Anand, and V

: The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger), To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee), and Midnight’s Children (Salman Rushdie). Mulk Raj Anand